Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.

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On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a bulletin headed “Alien Registration Requirement” that sounds less like America than some benighted nation where teens can be stopped in ...

Rick Jackson, the Republican front-runner in Georgia’s gubernatorial race, was pressed by his primary opponents this week on his history of hiring illegal alien labor. “You claim to be tough on ...

Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power. How... This article first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter ...